The amazing Abby Covert kicked off our distinguished lecture series with her talk titled ‘Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everybody’. Her presentation was an entertaining overview of what, at it’s core, IA is and how it comes up in our everyday lives (the answer: pretty much everywhere). She covered everything from IA problems to tools […]
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Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Basics of Freelance talk at our last meeting! Active links and the slideshow are below. If you have any further questions, please contact me through my website: samantharaddatz.com Hourly Rate Worksheet (Excel download) AIGA Aquent Survey Freelancers Union Contract Creator Freelancers Union Freelancer’s Bible (book)
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Please join the Pratt UX/IA group for the first talk in the group’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Abby Covert will present her talk “Make Sense: Information Architecture for Everyone,” to the Pratt community. The talk will be held on February 3, in room 213 of the Pratt Manhattan campus. Please RSVP for the event. Doors will open at
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Here are the suggested resources from Paul Lau’s talk in early December. We hope everyone enjoyed the presentation! Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps: http://www.amazon.com/Tapworthy-Designing-Great-iPhone-Apps/dp/1449381650 Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG): https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/ Android Design Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/design/index.html Windows Design Guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh781237 Blackberry Developer Guidelines: http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/17965/
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In Fall 2013, two teams from my Usability Theory & Practice course (LIS 644) at Pratt Institute conducted a diary usability study of the Fuzd mobile app (http://fuzd.com/). Student Team #1: Sean Fitzell, Sharon Matz, Peter Otis, Theo Roth Student Team #2: Iris Bierlein, Stephanie Diorio, Allison Hall, Carolyn Madeo Download Full Reports: Fuzd Diary Study Report […]
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Since Thanksgiving is bogarting our normal meeting day, we’ll be moving our last meeting of the year to Thursday, December 5th. Paul Lau, Android product designer at Etsy and former iOS designer at the New York Times, will be joining us to tell us about the UX/IA considerations and processes that take place for mobile
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Starting in the Spring 2014 semester, SILS will be partnering with NYU Libraries for a 3-credit practicum in user experience (UX). The practicum is open to 3-5 students who will be co-supervised by Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit (Discovery and Digital Access Librarian at NYU) and SILS Assistant Professor Craig MacDonald as they conduct UX research projects for
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Due to conflicts with Halloween and the Halloween Parade, the next Pratt UX/IA meeting will be held on Thursday November 7th. At the meeting we will be discussing the NYU Practicum, upcoming workshops and events, and announcing a new competition. April Siqueiros will also be sharing her UX / IA portfolio with the group!
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Tuesday, Oct 22 @ 5:50pm in Room 609 Have you ever wondered about how user experience (UX) works at a large academic library? If so, come hear Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit, Discovery and Digital Access Librarian at New York University, explain about how she was able to introduce UX methods and tools to NYU’s library community, talk
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